Housing Market
News covering issues affecting the UK residential property market, house prices, interest rates and buying and selling trends.
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“Cold feet” scuppers more property sales than bad surveys – but is fixable
LRG calls on ministers to back binding offers and upfront property reports to cut fall-throughs.
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UK property market remains attractive to international buyers
The largest numbers of foreign UK homeowners are from Hong Kong, Singapore, the USA, the UAE and China.
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New builds damage local house prices, data reveals
The arrival of a new estates can knock as much as 18.5% off the value of nearby homes in more rural areas, according to analysis carried out by newspaper.
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Propertymark issues housing market tax warning
Nathan Emerson, CEO at Propertymark, says tax policies have failed to keep up with market developments.
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Shock rise in inflation to 3.4% after five-month fall
‘Disappointing’ December increase in inflation raises fresh questions over expected base rate cuts in 2026.
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74% rise in number committing to home move in 2026
Sharp rise in conveyancing registrations reveals buyers and sellers are starting 2026 far earlier than usual and in significant numbers.
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FTBs in ‘driving seat’ for housing market in 2026, according to big lender
Nationwide's senior economist says first-time buyer activity was up around 20% on last year, with high loan-to-value lending at its highest level for more than a decade.
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Agents report highest number of new year homes since 2018
Richard Donnell at Zoopla says estate agents have on average 32 properties for sale on their books this January.
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Property market ‘turns decisively more positive’, says RICS
Tarrant Parsons at RICS says there was a "soft patch" at the end of last year, but things are now definitely looking up.
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Green MP urges Labour to ‘buy the supply’ of rental homes
Siân Berry tells the Guardian councils should “snap up” rental homes as they come onto the market to rebuild social housing stock.
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